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Loading... Lélia (original 1833; edition 2011)by George Sand (Author)
Work InformationLélia by George Sand (1833)
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Regarded as one of Sand's best novels, Lélia is an important document in the evolution of women's consciousness. Published in 1833, when Sand was 29, it stunned Victorians by advocating the same standard of morality for men and women and by suggesting that both the prostitute and the married woman were slaves to male desire. Sand also questioned monogamy, fidelity, and monastic celibacy. She later made an unsuccessful attempt to revise the book and to expunge its despair and skepticism. Although Sand wrote copiously, until recently only a handful of her books were available in English. This first English translation of Lélia is an excellent rendering, capturing the raptures, the mysticism, and the nineteenth-century flavor ot its eternally fascinating subject. No library descriptions found. |
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 Google Books — Loading...GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)843.8Literature French & related literatures French fiction Later 19th century 1848–1900LC ClassificationRatingAverage: (4.05)
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